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by Tim Rasmussen Jay Gallagher is one of our volunteers. He worked this year on several projects, primarily repairing and refurbishing pumps which were not producing. He provided a summary of his activities on a day-by-day basis. Mark Edge and Pat Kelly were helping him. Here is a portion of his reports: Feb 27, at the School just north of Ixbobo with Pat Kelly. The pump was draining back. It had been pulled a couple of days pre- viously to replace the cylinder, but someone had missed the leaking pipe. The pump was pulled and the pipe was replaced with PVC. The pump is set at 80 feet. Feb 28, at the village of Santa Cruz with Mark Edge. The check valve below the cylinder was missing. It probably fell off into the well. The PVC nipple below the cylinder was undamaged. The pump was set at 121 feet. Cylinder was replaced with a rebuilt unit. Pump linkage replaced with composite bushing parts. Rod couplings should be replaced next time it is serviced. Pump rod length corrected. There are 70 homes using this well. March 1, at the Los Angeles School with Mark Edge. Site has low voltage. Pump is set at 60 feet. There is a galvanized bushing at the pump. Pump is ½ horsepower, 115-volt two-wire motor. A three-wire motor would be much better. March 5, at the village of El Barrial with Mark Edge. Well # 2 is solar powered. Well is pumping down, resulting in air/water mix. Plan on setting deeper and installing new hand pump on well #1. March 5, at the village of Sabaneta with Mark Edge. Hand pump near soccer field shows moderate wear. Piston is setting on bottom of cylinder. Plan to pull and inspect and replace cylinder adjust rod. March 5, at the village of Tan Hoc with Mark Edge. Moderate wear on pins. Water draining back. Plan to return and service unit. March 6, revisit villages of El Barrial, Sabaneta, and Tan Hoc with Mark Edge. Accomplished all of the above. March 7 and 8, at Herencia Maya. The well there was drilled by Bob Perry and Jon Hansen. Load truck and travel to site. Test pumping for two hours showed very little drawdown. Installed solar panels, set pump 180 feet. From the well to the solar panels is about 100 feet. Supplying water to these villages is the most gratifying job I have ever been a part of. This job was a 100% fit with my personal mission statement! Thank you Water For Life; and may I have another project like this? The list of his work is long. The things he accomplished provide the people with clean, safe water and make their lives better. If you would like to be a part of something which does so much for so many people, please join us. If you would like to help, contact Gary Bartholomew at 509-466-5075 or 509-939-1941 Tim Tim Rasmussen may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com 25 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® AUGUST 2017